Advent Eight - Marriage

 

The Bridal Pair with the Eiffel Tower
by Marc Chagall
Credit: kingandmcgaw.com

Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken. Ecclesiastes 4:12

Oft quoted in weddings, the illusion to three is curious.  As believers we see that the marriage relationship has a third partner.  It is the Creator.  In Genesis, it appears that the Creator's design is for the person to relate solely to them.  But they are lonely, so a partnership is created.  However the original plan is designed to continue.  Two become three.  The image here is of a strong cord.  Another image is of an equilateral  triangle, where the closer I get to the Creator, the closer I also get to my partner, and visa versa.  It's a win-win.

Partnership is covering each other's back.  It is the 'two' becoming one'.  As Esther Rantzen said of the loss of her husband, "I have many wonderful friends who I can do so many wonderful things with.  I have lost the person who I can do nothing with."

PRAYER:  I want to continue to walk with you, as you intended in the garden of Eden.